This is a very common question amongst beginners. It's a valid question, especially as there are conflicting views on how necessary it is. Our position is this:
If you want to create fast web pages and have no ambition to make them good quality or easy to access, then you can probably get by without understanding HTML.However you must understand that you are taking a chance — your web pages may or may not work (even if they appear to have worked).
If you have a friend or colleague who can check your HTML for you, then that will probably suffice.
If you are even slightly serious about making web pages that people can access and use, a basic understanding of HTML is an absolute must. This doesn't mean you need to learn the whole language thoroughly — just that you need to understand the structure of the language and have an idea of how it all fits together.
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